Armstrong State University
Student Success Committee Meeting
MEETING MINUTES
October 27, 2014
Members:
NAME
Jennifer Bailey
Megan Baptiste-Field
David Bringman
Kelly Brooksher (Chair)
Maya Clark
Trish Holt
Melissa Jackson
Nancy McCarley
Jane Rago
Michael Sergi
Alysse Bell
Greg Anderson
12:00 PM
COLLEGE
CST
CLA
CHP
COE
CHP
COE
-CST
CLA
COE
Ex officio
Suzy Carpenter/
Judith Garrison
Rock McCaskill
Delana Nivens
Ex officio
Kaye O’Neal
Mariea Noblitt
Ex officio
Ex officio
Jonathan Roberts
Ex officio
Nashia Whittenburg
Ex officio
I.
Ex officio
Ex officio
University Hall, Room 282
DEPT
BIOL
AMT
PT
(Senate Liaison)
CESE
RHAB
SAPE
LIBR
PSYC
LLP
SAPE
Undergrad
Director of Academic
Orientation &
Advisement
Director of First Year
Experience
Registrar
AP for Student
Engagement & Success
Director of Financial Aid
Interim AP of
Enrollment Management
Director of Honors
Program
Director of Multicultural
Affairs
PRESENT
ABSENT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X/X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 12:03.
II.
MEETING MINUTES
The minutes from the 9/26/2014 meeting were already approved via email and sent to
Faculty Senate.
III.
OLD BUSINESS
a. Online Course Offerings
The committee reviewed the following data:
 Students on Academic Probation or Academic Warning in Online Courses, Fall
2011-Fall 2013
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Grade Distribution by Academic Department for Fully Online Courses and Their
Face-to-Face Counterparts, Fall 2011, 2012, & 2013
Online vs. On Campus Grade Distributions by GPA, Fall 2011-Fall 2013
Discussion:
 In general students do not do well with online courses.
 Trends indicate that students are more successful in a face-to-face environment.
 Students on Academic Probation and Academic Warning only receive academic
advisement.
 Need a system where students on Academic Warning or Academic Probation are
alerted at the end of the semester.
Recommendations:
 To the Academic Standards Committee: All undergraduates on Academic
Warning or Academic Probation should not be allowed to enroll in an online
course.
 To the Graduate Affairs Committee: To review the same data
 To the Office of Online & Blended Learning: Revisit the contents of the training
introduction course for students
 Michael Sergi made a motion to vote on the recommendations. David Bringman
seconded the motion.
IV.
V.
VI.
NEW BUSINESS
All new business was tabled to the next meeting. Nashia Whittenburg made a motion to
table new business to next meeting. Seconded by Kelly Brooksher.
a. Charges from Faculty Senate
b. Review Bylaws
c. First Year Experiences
POST-MEETING ACTIONS
Write a draft for a policy that will limit the number of fully online courses taken by a
student that has zero earned hours. David Bringman made a motion to vote on the draft of
this policy. Michael Sergi seconded the motion.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 1:05